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Friday, 19 May 2017

More Pinworthy Inspiration

Hello and thank you for stopping by. We are excited to introduce our talented Pinworthy winners from February's challenge: Jan from Scrapbooking From The Attic, Kasia from Papierowy Wymiar and Zelda from Out Of Africa Creations. They have all made wonderful projects for our current 'Use A Quote' challenge, enjoy!

Hi, so excited to be here! I seem to have been crafting forever, I enjoyed art at school and college but was always more interested in sculpture and 3D work. I am easily bored and look for new ways to use my stash. The best thing about crafting is the amazing people you meet and the inspiration you get from their enthusiasm. I am inspired by colour, texture and shape in the natural world and architecture.

The theme of Quotes, chosen by Jenny was interesting. I have a small jar full of quotes so I chose a
couple and the one that appealed to me was:

" You are the only one who can make your dreams come true"

I wanted to make a journal cover for experimental creations and trying out new techniques, so the quote fitted well. I chose the colours from a photo I had taken of Spring blossom. I used the journal to find acrylic colours which would match my palette.

The colours reflected the dream like feel I wanted to create and linked to my Pinworthy hanging.I used stamps, stencils and added machine sewing to add more texture and interest.

Thank you to AVJ for this opportunity to join in the May Challenge. I hope you get an impression of my work, details are on my blog scrapintheattic.com.

Hello, I'm Kasia from Poland and I am so excited to be a Pinworthy Guest at A Vintage Journey.

I love creating LO and albums and my son is my greatest inspiration :) I wanted to keep memories for my family and this is the reason why I started scrapbooking. Now, it is a part of my life. I often incorporate stitching on my pages and I'm always looking for elements in everyday life.

This month's theme ‘Use A Quote' inspired me to create a vintage card with quote in its inside.

I used here old laces, crochet napkin and some beads. I dyed all these elements by coffee. There is broken pendant in the center, it's metal purse and I put there some flowers.

The quote is from 'Norwegian wood' by Haruki Murakami: "All of us are imperfect human beings living in an imperfect world. We don’t live with the mechanical precision of a bank account or by measuring all our lines and angles with rulers and protractors."

Hello everyone! I'm thrilled to be back at A Vintage Journey as a Pinworthy Guest and excited to share my 'Use A Quote' project with you.

I've always enjoyed creating but only discovered blogland and online challenges a few years ago. I love trying new techniques and different styles and I find participating in challenges encourages me to do just that.

Today's project is an altered box which I made for my daughter's birthday and I found the perfect inspirational quote.

I had a box which was the exact size needed, but it required altering as I wanted a hinged lid. I also reinforced the inside with chipboard to make it very sturdy. I then selected the color scheme, matching patterned papers and all the embellishments I wanted to add to my project.

Here is the inside:

I distressed and inked all the edges and added lace to finish it off.

The inside of the hinged lid.

Once again all the edges were distressed and inked. I inserted a panel
covered with satin material, added some lace and the two triangles of
patterned paper which create a pocket. A lace die cut border and pearls
finished it off.

For more details please visit my blog Out of Africa Creations. Thank you so much to A Vintage Journey for inviting me. Have a wonderful day!

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Thank you so much to Jan, Kasia and Zelda for sharing their lovely creations with us all and I hope that you have been inspired to enter our 'Use A Quote' challenge, you have a chance to win a generous gift voucher from our sponsor That's Crafty and to be chosen as one of our Pinworthies. Can't wait to see what you link up, happy creating!

13 comments:

What an outstanding collection of quote based projects! I love the mix of textures on Kasia's card, the total transformation of Zelda's box and as for Jan's journal - I want to go sit beside her and watch her work! Magnificent! Thank you all for joining us at AVJ this time xx

Wow, what wonderful creations from you all and such inspiring quotes too!! I love each and every one, and how interesting, they all seem to fit together too in their shabby subtle gorgeousness..... I can't wait to check out the details on your blogs and thank you all so much for sharing your talents with us here at AVJ!

Welcome Jan. Kasia and Zelda . Your 'Use a quote' projects are all fabulous and so inspiring. Some lovely chosen quotes Ladies. Thank you so much for sharing your creative talent with us. Have a lovely weekend everyone x

Jan's journal cover is wonderfully elegant, Kasia's card is so beautifully vintage with the lovely pendant and Zelda's altered box is gorgeous. All of the quotes are superb too - thank you so much ladies for sharing your amazing art and wonderful talent with us! Anne xx

How lovely to have our February Pinworthies here with us , sharing beautiful and inspiring creations for Jenny's use a quote challenge. Love your journal cover Jan and Kasia your card details are charming, bet your daughter loved this stunning box Zelda xxxx great work

Wow! Jan, Kasia and Zelda have each done an amazing job with their Pinworthy Inspiration projects! Jan your journal cover is Beautiful in color and texture, and I'm sure you will be turning to it often--I know I would want to! Kasia, your vintage card is lovely with lace, pearls and that beautiful locket and paper! Zelda, I know your daughter was so happy with her gift! This box is full of gorgeous details and the quote is perfect! Thank you ladies, for sharing your talents with us here!